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Over the past 25 years, Dr. David Dobson, has compiled scores of books describing Scottish immigrants to North America. In 1999 Genealogical Publishing Company collected sixteen of his earliest publications and published them in an indexed and searchable CD-ROM (see Scottish Immigrants to North America, 1600s-1800s. The Collected Works of David Dobson, Volume One). Now, after more than a decade, there is a new CD. Volume Two of Scottish Immigrants to North America, 1600s-1800s contains twenty-six of Dobson's most recent books, not one of which can be found on the original CD.

For the volumes on this CD, Dobson combed through sources in archives in Scotland, England, Denmark, and North America, including newspapers such as the Aberdeen Journal, Fife Advertiser, and Glasgow Herald; the Calendar of British State Papers; Scottish Services of Heirs; the Edinburgh Registry of Deeds; Acts of the Privy Council; records of the High Court of the Admiralty; records from a number of Scottish shipping lines, and gravestones.

Persons familiar with the earlier CD collection of Dobson books will discover that he has expanded on subjects covered in that CD and plowed entirely new ground in this one. For example, Volume Two contains sequel volumes to Scots in the USA and Canada, Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, and Scots in the West Indies. Conversely, it also traces Scots to Georgia and the Deep South, the American West, and via Scandinavia to the New World. Covering about 100,000 Scots not found in the prequel, this CD presents some or all of the following information on each immigrant: name, date and place of birth, occupation, cause of banishment, residence, names of parents or other family members, port of embarkation, destination, name of ship, place and date of arrival, place of settlement, names of spouse and children, and date and place of death.

Following is a complete list of the twenty-six books on this fully searchable CD:

American Data from the Aberdeen Journal, 1748-1783
American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800
Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830. Volume 2
More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827
Scots in the American West, 1783-1883
Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1783-1845
Scots in Latin America
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875. Part Two
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875. Part Three
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875. Part Four
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875. Part Five
Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857. Volume II
Scots-Scandinavian Links in Europe and America, 1550-1850
Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783
Scottish-American Gravestones, 1700-1900
Scottish-American Heirs, 1683-1883
Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900
Scottish Maritime Records, 1600-1850. A Guide for Family Historians
Scottish Quakers and Early America, 1650-1700
Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America. Part Three
Scottish Transatlantic Merchants, 1611-1785
Ships from Scotland to America. [Volume I], 1628-1828
Ships from Scotland to America. Volume II, 1628-1828
Ships from Scotland to America. Volume III, 1628-1828
Ships from Scotland to North America, 1830-1860. [Volume I]
Ships from Scotland to North America, 1830-1860. Volume II

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